Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | While Lynn and Thomas and Vicky and Dennis chattered , I sat back and let my fingers do the talking . |
| 2 | When a kind and affluent sister-in-law offered to buy her a house in the suburbs of London , she asked , " What will my boys do there ? " |
| 3 | PRINCESS Diana let her fingers do the talking yesterday as she launched Britain 's first sign language dictionary . |
| 4 | What can her words do to me ? |
| 5 | Twenty-two athletes spend five days for the most part watching their teammates do all the work , and at the end of it all , everyone is quite happy to settle for a draw . |
| 6 | Why then , given the emphasis on the value of education amongst first generation Caribbeans , do their children do so abysmally and , further , show little interest or desire to do well at school ? |
| 7 | ‘ They let their children do what they like . |
| 8 | The boys play the role of husbands and behave in the same way as they see their fathers do in their respective homesteads . |
| 9 | Saucy Cecil Parkinson lets his fingers do the talking about the one that got away . |
| 10 | BRENTFORD 'S Gary Blissett let his goals do the talking after the 3-1 victory over Sunderland at Roker Park . |
| 11 | The manager who has watched the same side go out of the Scottish Cup to the Premier Division 's bottom club ( Falkirk ) while inflicting all manner of wounds on their championship prospects saw his players do well enough not to have their efforts diminished by dwelling on Rangers ' inertia . |
| 12 | The manager , who has watched the same side go out of the Scottish Cup to the Premier Division 's bottom club ( Falkirk ) while inflicting all manner of wounds on their championship prospects , saw his players do well enough not to have their efforts diminished by dwelling on Rangers ' inertia . |
| 13 | I thought you were some sort of ghoul come to … come to do what ghouls do . ’ |
| 14 | It was 115 degrees , and the water melons began to pop , and the donkeys began to do what donkeys do , and it all mixed together and ran all over the parking lot . |
| 15 | ( Try thinking about your finger movements when you play a well-known tune on a keyboard — you make more mistakes than if you let your fingers do the thinking . ) |
| 16 | Let your fingers do the walking with Orla Broderick 's selection of light canapés and imaginative ideas for entertaining |
| 17 | The Mauritshuis galleries are made to match : comfortably sized rooms that let your eyes do the work , not your feet . |
| 18 | ‘ By making your legs do the work instead of your poor over-used mouth , ’ he returned drily , then set off across the field before she could reply . |
| 19 | Did your parents do a good job ? |
| 20 | What did your parents do ? |
| 21 | Did n't our cricketers do well ah ? |
| 22 | So why ca n't our Royals do the same ? |
| 23 | Only 28% of you let your children do this . |
| 24 | And what do your daughters do , do they work ? |